I knew I could never match my father as a violinist, and there were already four generations of outstanding cellists in the family.

  • -- Leonard Slatkin 史拉特金

我知道我永远也赶不上我父亲的小提琴手,而且家里已经有四代杰出的大提琴家了。

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I have seen lonely people of advancing age, yet as constant as angels, keeping faith to those they loved who fell in wars that current generations, not having known them, cannot even forget. The sight of them moving hesitantly among the tablets and crosses is enough to break your heart.

我见过孤独的人,年纪渐长,却如天使般恒常,对他们所爱的人守信。看到他们在石板和十字架之间犹豫地移动,足以让你心碎。

If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow, we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology. We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as it was created, not just as it looked when we got through with it.

如果我们的子孙后代更多地怀着感激而不是悲伤来铭记我们,我们就必须实现的不仅仅是科技的奇迹。我们还必须让他们看到这个世界是如何被创造出来的,而不仅仅是我们完成它时的样子。

Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.

吃饭时听音乐对厨师和小提琴手都是一种侮辱。